Hossain M Belal, Pingki F H, Sultana M, Salim N M, Islam M M, Rahman A F M Arifur, Paray Bilal Ahamad, Arai Takaomi
Department of Fisheries and Marine Science, Noakhali Science and Technology University, Noakhali, 3814, Bangladesh.
School of Engineering and Built Environment, Griffith University, Brisbane, QLD, 4111, Australia.
Heliyon. 2024 Mar 28;10(7):e28598. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e28598. eCollection 2024 Apr 15.
Fish farming in homestead ponds help alleviate poverty, provide animal source food, micronutrients, and indirect income and various jobs in developing nations. This study investigated the impact of homestead pond fish farming on dietary diversity (HDDS and MDD-W), food security (HFIAS and ELCSA), income, and women's engagement. A total of 185 households were selected randomly for data collection through well-structured questionnaire interviews in the central coast of Bangladesh. HDDS revealed significant dietary diversity (73.3%) among beneficiary farmers, surpassing controls and nearly doubling that of non-aquaculture farmers (41.1%). Additionally, this study found that 86.7% and 74.3% of women in beneficiary and homestead pond farmers exhibited high dietary diversity (MDD-W ≥ 5), whereas 48.6% of women in non-aquaculture farmers' households had low dietary diversity (MDD-W ≥ 5). Based on both ELCSA and HFIAS, higher prevalence of food security was observed among the beneficiary farmers that was about 60% and 63.3%, respectively compared with the control farmers. Most non-aquaculture farmers (62.9%) indicated their family consumed fish for one week before the research. More than half of the homestead pond culture (55.7%) and more than 90% of the beneficiary farmers, aquaculture farmers and non-aquaculture farmers had gross income (<$ 500). Pertaining to women's participation in homestead pond was positively correlated to productivity while male dominated tasks was negatively correlated with productivity. The results offer insights into how homestead pond fish farming can enhance food security by supplying direct animal protein, addressing protein and micronutrient deficiencies, and boosting income. The study emphasizes the urgent necessity for training and promoting homestead pond culture, increasing female participation, and advocating comprehensive support from governmental organizations (GOs) and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) to optimize production, improve micronutrient adequacy, and guarantee household food security. : Fish farming, food security, dietary diversity, women's participation.
在发展中国家，家庭池塘养鱼有助于减轻贫困、提供动物源食物、微量营养素、间接收入以及各类工作。本研究调查了家庭池塘养鱼对饮食多样性（家庭饮食多样性得分和妇女饮食多样性得分）、粮食安全（家庭粮食不安全经历问卷和紧急粮食安全分类评估）、收入以及妇女参与情况的影响。通过在孟加拉国中部沿海地区进行精心设计的问卷调查访谈，随机选取了185户家庭进行数据收集。家庭饮食多样性得分显示，受益农户的饮食多样性显著（73.3%），超过了对照组，几乎是非水产养殖农户（41.1%）的两倍。此外，本研究发现，受益农户和家庭池塘养鱼农户中分别有86.7%和74.3%的妇女表现出较高的饮食多样性（妇女饮食多样性得分≥5），而非水产养殖农户家庭中有48.6%的妇女饮食多样性较低（妇女饮食多样性得分≥5）。基于紧急粮食安全分类评估和家庭粮食不安全经历问卷，受益农户的粮食安全患病率更高，分别约为60%和63.3%，而对照组农户分别为上述数据。大多数非水产养殖农户（62.9%）表示，在研究前一周他们的家庭食用过鱼。超过一半的家庭池塘养殖农户（55.7%）以及超过90%的受益农户、水产养殖农户和非水产养殖农户总收入低于500美元。关于妇女参与家庭池塘养鱼，与生产力呈正相关，而男性主导的任务与生产力呈负相关。研究结果为家庭池塘养鱼如何通过提供直接动物蛋白、解决蛋白质和微量营养素缺乏问题以及增加收入来增强粮食安全提供了见解。该研究强调迫切需要培训和推广家庭池塘养殖，提高女性参与度，并倡导政府组织和非政府组织提供全面支持，以优化生产、改善微量营养素充足状况并保障家庭粮食安全。：养鱼、粮食安全、饮食多样性、妇女参与。
